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Graham Platner refusing to apologize for having a Nazi Totenkopf tattoo on his chest for 18 years because he "didn't know" its significance while SIMULTANEOUSLY admitting that he knew damned well at the time that Nazis used it as their insignia.

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“In a 2010 thread titled “What American wars would you have volunteered to fight in?” Platner replied: ‘The Indian Wars, the Philippines, Haiti and Nicaragua in the 1920’s, Vietnam, Nicaragua and El Salvador again in the 80’s.’”

wsws.orgDemocrats, Sanders, Jacobin defend Maine’s Graham Platner following Nazi tattoo revelationSelf-identified “progressive” Democrats and <em>Jacobin</em> magazine are defending the longtime soldier for US imperialism even as more information emerges confirming his pro-war politics.

It’s such an insane stance, “Yeah I knew it looked like a hate symbol but I proudly wore it for 18 years! At the beach! At a wedding! Would I have done that if I knew?” Like maybe, I don’t know you! But surely now you feel retrospective *something* for all those topless moments? It shouldn’t be hard